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HFR’s 2023 Reducing Our Waste Together guide
The Haines Friends of Recycling released their 2023 Reducing Our Waste Together guide this week. The new guide asks residents to not only deal with their waste, but to consider not buying too much of it in the first place. KHNS’ Brandon Wilks reports: The...
Backlog at State Agency Affects Residents
There is a backlog at the state agency responsible for food assistance. People throughout the state are doing without a program they have come to rely on and service providers in Haines are seeing the effects of the delay. Many beneficiaries of the Supplemental...
Studying the Chilkat valley Lynx
A Yukon woman is initiating a study of lynx in the Chilkat valley. She hopes to shed light on some aspect of the coastal population. In the early 70s, Elizabeth Hofer worked as a part time biologist. In the off season she ran a trapline at the pass along the...
Tanner Crab Fishery to open on Sunday
The tanner crab fishery begins this weekend in Southeast Alaska. Crabbers are facing low prices, and bitter crab disease is expected to reduce the sellable catch. The tanner crab fishery will start on Sunday. Typically sixty to eighty boats participate...
Haines baker’s business plan takes the cake
Every year the Path to Prosperity competition aims to reward businesses with a positive impact on Southeast Alaska. Businesses are judged based on their feasibility and their contribution to community development. When her phone rang last week, Rebecca...
65% Design for Lutak Dock up for Review
The Haines Port and Harbor Advisory Committee reviewed the latest Lutak dock design. It is the first committee in the borough to do so. Two representatives from Turnagain Marine Construction Zoomed into Thursday morning’s Port and Harbor Advisory Committee...
High turnover in the Haines School district
A high number of teachers are leaving the Haines school system this year. And replacing them will likely be difficult. KHNS’s Alain d’Epremesnil spoke with the school district’s superintendent about the causes and implication of this turnover. The Haines school...
Recycling on the move
The Haines Friend’s of Recycling is looking for a way to process the community’s plastic waste closer to home. And they think a small mobile unit could do the trick. The US produces over 35 million tons of plastic every year. According to the Environmental...
Haines Superintendent Roy Getchell on the state of the school in 2023
Haines Students returned to their classrooms earlier this month to continue the first school year since the end of the pandemic. Haines school district Superintendent Roy Getchell is feeling positive about the state of the district in 2023. The Haines 2022-2023...
New Year, New staff, and Volunteer Recruitment at HVFD
The Haines Volunteer Fire Department turned in its annual report to the borough. 911 calls are up and volunteer numbers are down, and the department is working on increasing participation. The new year was the occasion for first responders in Haines to...
Newscasts
Newscast – October 9, 2019
Chinook salmon count in Whitehorse is at a record low and the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory committee works to relocate a target shooting range.
Newscast – May 30, 2018
Rock strike suspends White Pass train service; Haines Assembly delays decision on rezone petition; Haines Sheldon Museum tells the story of wood in the Chilkat Valley
Newscast – October 8, 2019
Senator Dan Sullivan visits Haines; Norwegian Cruise Lines agrees to third party emissions testing in Skagway.
Newscast – May 29, 2018
A grand jury indicted two men on charges of online enticement of a minor last week; The top two officials from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game held a town hall meeting in Sitka to discuss the rationale behind ongoing deep restrictions in the commercial king...
Newscast – May 25, 2018
A look at what's coming up on the Haines Assembly's agenda; Subsistence salmon permits can now be purchased online.
Newscast – October 7, 2019
Haines Glacier Bears celebrate statewide cross country championship victories and Alaska Department of Fish and Game weighs in on increased bear activity in the Haines area.
Newscast – October 4, 2019
Haines man mauled by bear along the Chilkat River; Skagway Assembly welcomes new members and bids farewell to old members; New report says that logging in the Tongass is costing taxpayers millions in federal subsidies.
Newscast – May 24, 2018
A falling rock temporarily closes Skagway’s largest cruise ship dock; The University of Alaska’s Board of Regents hears public comment on the university’s proposed timber sale in the Haines Borough; Concerns in Southeast Alaska over the seemingly growing number of...
Newscast – May 23, 2018
Class of 2018 graduates from Haines High School; Chilkat Challenge Triathlon back for second year.
Newscast – October 3, 2019
Haines voters green light a new marijuana sales tax and local acidification testing takes a winter break.
Newscast – May 22, 2018
State lawmakers to consider legislation that would transition the Alaska Marine Highway into a public corporation; the American Bald Eagle Foundation opens its aviaries to the public.
Newscast – May 21, 2018
DOT Survey's eagles on Haines Highway; Enhancing wildlife at a Haines-area pond; Ferry system fully funded in operating budget; SEARHC AWARDS $50,000 ‘HEALTHY IS HERE’ GRANT TO SITKA TRIBE.
Newscast – May 18, 2018
Late bill amendment allows distillery cocktails to continue; The Skagway Assembly and White Pass continue correspondence on port improvements; Juneau Assembly member Kiehl, labor leader Etheridge run for state Senate seat.
Newscast – October 2, 2019
Haines and Skagway municipal election winners discuss the results; Haines School works to figure out how to distribute scholarship; Haines goat hunt area closes after harvest limit reached.
Newscast – May 17, 2018
The advisory council for the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve responds to the University of Alaska's proposed 13,000 acre timber sale; The Tazlina, Alaska Marine Highway’s newest ferry, floated on water for the first time.
Newscast – October 1, 2019
Haines residents cast their votes and Skagway looks at two new avenues for land acquisition.
KHNS Newscast – May 16, 2018
Air and water quality monitoring starts in Skagway; The Skagway Assembly will discuss correspondence from White Pass; Legislature resurrects Juneau Access Project, sort of.
Newscast – September 30, 2019
Haines Borough begins work on Lily Lake waterline; Kensington Mine seeks to expand its operation; Haines moose hunt reaches 16 moose.
KHNS Newscast – May 15, 2018
Mike Tranell, The Klondike National Historic Park Superintendent, is leaving Skagway for a job in the lower 48; A woman in Juneau was struck and killed by a truck driven by a Haines man; Klukwan to receive part of $21 million grant focused on improving the lives of...
Newscast – September 27, 2019
Landless coalition releases selections for Alaska Natives in Haines; Aurora forecasts are looking bright; Lynn Canal legislators discuss economic impacts of budget cuts at Southeast Conference.